2010 (Senior): ON PETERSON: The first student-athlete to play basketball in the ACC (Florida State), the Big Ten (Iowa) and the SEC (Arkansas)...a transfer student-athlete from the University of Arkansas who will play at Florida State during his final season of eligibility...is immediately eligible at Florida State after graduating from Arkansas with a bachelor's degree in marketing in May of 2011 and transferring to FSU to begin work on a master's degree in marketing...Peterson will take advantage of an NCAA rule allowing players who have finished their undergraduate requirements and graduated at one school to transfer to another school and pursue a master's degree...the starting point guard for the Razorbacks in 2010-11, he elected to transfer in order to pursue his master's degree in marketing at within the nationally renowned College of Business at Florida State...Florida State University offers a master's degree in marketing...Peterson earned his bachelor's degree in marketing with a 3.4 grade point average from Arkansas' Walton College of Business in May of 2011... joins a select group of players who have transferred to become immediately eligible after graduating including Justin Knox (to North Carolina from Alabama) and John Fields (to Tennessee from UNC Wilmington) during the 2010-11 season and Brandon Wood (to Michigan State from Valparaiso) and Andre Walker (to Xavier from Vanderbilt) for the 2011-12 season...characterized as a pass first point guard who can make open shots...has control of his team from the point guard position and handles the ball well...finishes well in traffic...is very unselfish and has a high basketball IQ...has played in 83 career games (55 at Iowa and 28 at Arkansas) while earning 59 career starts (26 at Iowa and 23 at Arkansas)...enters his final season of collegiate eligibility as an accomplished point guard who will look to lead a team into the NCAA Tournament for the first time in his career...has a great deal of experience playing in big and important games as he played in 10 games against nationally ranked teams during the first three years of his career (six at Iowa and four in his only season at Arkansas)...three wins over nationally ranked teams as a starting point guard during his career...led Arkansas over No. 2/2 Kentucky in overtime on Feb. 23, 2011 with a seven point, two assist and zero turnover performance in the Razorbacks' 77-76 win in Fayetteville...also four points and two assists in leading Arkansas over No. 21 Vanderbilt, 89-78, on Jan. 29, 2011 in Nashville...totaled two assists in 12 minutes of playing time in helping Iowa to a 43-36 win over No. 6 Michigan State on Jan. 12, 2008 in East Lansing...has played in two games in the ACC/Big Ten Challenge during his career - an Iowa loss at Wake Forest on Nov. 26, 2007 and an Iowa loss at Boston College on Dec. 2, 2008...scored five points and was credited with seven assists in the Hawkeyes' 56-47 loss to Wake Forest and totaled six points and one assist in Iowa's 57-55 loss at Boston College...averages 5.5 points and 4.0 rebounds in two career ACC-Big Ten Challenge games...totaled zero points and one assist in eight minutes of playing time as Arkansas defeated Seton Hall, 71-62, in the 2010 SEC-Big East Challenge...the Razorback's game against the Pirates was played in Freedom Hall in Louisville, Ky...has played three career games against Florida State's 2011 ACC-Big Ten Opponent - Michigan State - during his career...averages 5.3 points, 3.3 assists and 24.0 minutes and has a 2-1 career record against the Spartans...totaled zero points and two assists in 12 minutes played in leading Iowa to a 68-60 win over Michigan State on Jan. 12, 2008 in Peterson's first career game against the Spartans...scored two points and added two assists in a 66-52 loss at Michigan State on Feb. 23, 2008...a starter and scored 14 points and totaled five assists in 39 minutes played against Michigan State on Jan. 29, 2009...the Spartans defeated the Hawkeyes, 71-56, at the Breslin Student Events Center...scored three points and totaled one assist in a 75-43 Razorback loss at Florida in Jan, 22, 2011...Peterson and the Seminoles will travel to play at Florida on Dec. 21, 2011...two career games against 2011-12 Florida State opponent Auburn...averaged 3.5 points and 2.5 assists in two wins over the Tigers during the 2010-11 season...totaled four points and three assists in leading the Razorbacks to a 73-64 win over Auburn on Jan. 25, 2011 in Fayetteville and scored three points to go along with two assists in a 57-55 Razorback win over the Tigers on Feb. 26, 2011 at Auburn...played as a member of the East Coast All-Stars during the summer of 2010...the All-Stars were comprised of 10 collegiate players who played a five game tour of Europe prior to his season at Arkansas...he averaged eight points and nearly seven assists per game as the team played in Switzerland and France...scored 12 points and was credited with eight assists against the National Team of Tunisia during the tour of Europe...
AS A SENOR (2011 AT ARKANSAS): Averaged 6.3 points (fifth on the team), 2.4 assists (second), 0.9 steals (second) and 2.2 rebounds (eighth) in helping Arkansas to an 18-13 overall record and a 7-9 record in the West Division of the SEC West...The Razorbacks finished in fourth place in the west standings of the SEC...played in 29 of Arkansas' 31 games as he missed two of the final three games of the 2010-11 season with an injured groin...one of seven Razorback players to play in at least 29 of the team's 31 games during the season...started 13 of the Razorback's 14 SEC games that he played in...totaled two assists and one steal in 19 minutes played as Arkansas defeated No. 19/22 ranked Vanderbilt 89-78 on the road in Nashville...also pulled down three rebounds in 19 minutes played in the win over the ranked Commodores team...totaled seven points and two assists in the Razorbacks 77-76 overtime victory over No. 2/2 Kentucky at home in Fayetteville on Feb. 23, 2011...a Peterson steal and assist on a basket by senior Marcus Britt put Arkansas up 77-74 on what proved to be the game winning basket...Peterson's assist helped the Razorbacks outscore the Wildcats 5-2 in the final 2:15 of the overtime period...his season high of 15 points came in wins over Oklahoma on Dec. 1, 2010 and at home against Texas Arlington on Dec. 31, 2010...his 15 points against Oklahoma came in a starters role - the first of 11 starting assignments during his only season at Arkansas...made his Razorback high of eight free throws on his Razorback high of nine free throw attempts in the 84-74 victory over the Sooners...also had five assists and his Arkansas high of three steals in the win over Oklahoma...ranked as the only time he led Arkansas in scoring during his one season there...totaled 15 points for the second time in his Arkansas career in the Razorbacks' victory over Texas Arlington on New Year's Eve...made his career high of four 3-point field goals as he made five total field goals against the Roadrunners...scored in double figures five times including back to back games twice against both Alabama Birmingham (13 points) and Oklahoma (15) and against Texas Arlington (15) and at Texas (11)...also added 10 points at Florida A&M on Feb. 16...his 11 points against Texas came when the Longhorns were ranked No. 12 in both major polls...led Arkansas in assists 10 times (second on the team) and in scoring once (against Oklahoma)...was perfect from the 3-point line in two different games - a win at home against Mississippi Valley State on Dec. 15 and a 94-55 win in Fayetteville against Florida A&M from Tallahassee on Feb. 16...totaled nine points against MVSU and 10 against FAMU...his 10 points against FAMU came on four of five shooting from the field...heroic against UAB with a buzzer beating 3-point shot to tie the game at 57-57 and send the game into overtime...Arkansas trialed virtually the entire second half before Peterson tied the game and sent into overtime...scored two points in overtime in the Razorbacks' 70-65 overtime loss but did score 13 points against the Blazers...tied his career high with three offensive rebounds against Alabama Birmingham on Nov. 26, 2010 and totaled a career high six defensive rebounds against both Troy on Dec. 4, 2010 and against Florida A&M...established career highs for defensive rebounds (56) and total rebounds (65) in his only season at Arkansas...played just 19 minutes because of foul trouble but grabbed his season high tying six rebounds in Arkansas' upset of No. 22 Kentucky...credited with a season high tying seven assists to go along with six rebounds and only one assist in the Razorbacks' win over Troy on Dec. 4, 2010 in a starting assignment...scored eight points and pulled down three rebounds against No. 25 Texas A&M on Dec. 18, 2010 at the American Airlines Arena in Dallas...showing his fearlessness he ranked second on the team with eight charges drawn during his only season as a Razorback...enjoyed senior night on March 2 against Mississippi State and walked in university-wide graduation ceremonies in the Razorback's home gymnasium - Bud Walton Arena - before transferring to Florida State...named a top 25 impact transfer by Athlon Sports and FoxSports.com prior to the start of the season.
2009-10 (AT ARKANSAS): Redshirted in his first season at Arkansas after transferring from Iowa...named to the Athletic Department Honor Roll during the fall 2009 semester...
AS A SOPHOMORE (2009 AT IOWA): Averaged a career high 10.6 points (third on the team), a career high 4.2 assists (first) and a career high 1.2 steals (second) while playing in and starting 25 of the Hawkeyes' 32 games...was the starter for the first 25 games of the season before missing the final seven games of the year because of a hamstring injury...helped lead Iowa to a 15-17 overall record and a 5-13 mark in Big 10 play...ranked seventh in the Big Ten in assists...also seventh in the Big Ten in free throw percentage, 10th in assist:turnover ratio (1.3:1) and 13th in steals...averaged in double figures in Big Ten play and was one of three Hawkeyes to average in double figure scoring in 12 conference games - 11.6 points per game...named to the All-Tournament team at the Las Vegas Invitational as he led Iowa to a 3-1 record and a third place finish in the event...averaged 11.3 points, 5.3 assists and 1.0 steals in leading the Hawkeyes to wins over Oakland, Southeast Missouri State and Kansas State...established career highs for games started (25), field goals made (81), field goals attempted (180), field goal shooting percentage (.450), 3-point field goals made (23), 3-point field goals attempted (58), 3-point field goal percentage (.397), free throws made (80), free throws attempted (97), free throw shooting percentage (.825), offensive rebounds (10), assists (106), assists per game (4.2), steals (30), minutes played (824), minutes played per game (33.0), total points scored (265) and average points scored per game (10.6)...scored in double figures in a career high 13 different games including his season high of 18 against Kansas State and Northern Iowa in a span of 10 days...led the Hawkeyes in scoring in six different games including Iowa's 57-51 win over Northwestern on Feb. 7, 2009 in Big 10 play...led Iowa in assists in 17 of 25 games and in steals in 11 of his 25 games played...five consecutive double figure scoring games came in succession against Michigan State (14 points), at Illinois (12), at Indiana (12), Northwestern (16) and at Wisconsin (10) for a scoring average of 12.8 points scored per game...scored in double figures in six of his last seven and eight of his last 11 games of the season...scored his season high of 18 points in Iowa's victory over Kansas State in the third place game of the Las Vegas Invitational on Nov. 29...made his career high of 11 free throws on a career high tying 12 attempts in the last second win over the Wildcats...he also added six assists and one steal in the win over the Wildcats...tied his season high with 18 points in Iowa's 65-46 win over Northern Iowa on Dec. 9...tied his season high with six field goals made and was a perfect four of four from the free throw line against Panthers...tied his career high with nine assists in Iowa's 66-57 win over Oakland on Nov. 23, 2008...totaled his career high tying nine assists to goal along with eight points and two steals...Oakland won 23 games against advanced to the quarterfinals of the CBI Tournament in 2008-09...totaled at least one assists in each of the 25 games he played in and totaled multiple assists in 21 of his 25 games..totaled five or more assists in 13 different games...eight assists came on the road at Ohio State and at Purdue - two teams that played in the NCAA Tournament...his career high of four steals came against Northwestern on Feb. 28 which allowed him to finish as one of only two Iowa players with 30 or more steals during the season...he totaled a career high 30 steals as a sophomore with 14 coming in his 12 Big Ten Games...averaged a career high 1.2 steals per game for the entire season and 1.2 steals in 14 conference games...eight steals in three consecutive games against Iowa State (two steals), Drake (three) and Western Illinois (three) for an average of 2.7 steals per game during that span...closed his season with eight steals in his final four games of the season - at Illinois (one), at Indiana (two), against Northwestern (four) and at Wisconsin (two)...Iowa's third leading free throw shooter with a career high .825 free throw shooting mark...was a near perfect 11 of 12 in the Hawkeyes' win over Kansas State and made his Big Ten career high of nine free throws in scoring 16 points against Wisconsin...made 10 of his last 11 free throws (.909) in his final two appearances of the season against Northwestern (seven of eight) and at Wisconsin (three of four)...made 18 of 20 shots from the line (.900) in four consecutive games against Kansas State (11 of 12), at Boston College (two of two), against Bryant College (zero of zero) and against Northern Iowa (five of six)...finished fourth on the team with a single season career high 23 3-point field goals made...his season high of three shots made from the bonusphere came against Northwestern on Feb. 28...multiple 3-point shots came in six different games...closed the season as he made nine of 20 (.450) shots from the bonusphere...more than 60 percent of his made 3-point shots came in Big Ten play (14 in 12 games) as compared to nine in 13 non conference games...
AS A FRESHMAN (2008 at IOWA): Averaged 5.2 points (seventh on the team), a career high 3.1 assists (first) and 0.6 steals (third) in helping Iowa to a 13-19 overall record and to a 6-12 record in Big Ten play...started 11 of the Hawkeye's 30 games including the first nine of his career...was one of six players to play in at least 30 games and one of seven who started at least 11 games...tied for fourth on the team with 14 3-point field goals made...third on the team with 44 free throws made and one of five Hawkeyes to shoot 70 percent or better from the line...career high of nine assists also came in his first career game against Idaho State (Nov. 9) and at Big Ten opponent Michigan (Jan. 19)...seven assists came in a 56-47 loss at home against Wake Forest in the ACC Big Ten Challenge...scored in double figures in the first three games of his career with 12 points coming in his debut against Idaho State, 20 coming against Northern Colorado and 19 coming against Florida Gulf Coast...averaged 17.0 point and 2.3 steals per game in leading Iowa to wins in its first three games of the season...scored his career high of 20 points in the second game of his career in a 59-47 win over Northern Colorado...made his career high of seven field goals in the Hawkeyes' win over the Bears at home...totaled 12 points on three of nine shooting from the field and a perfect four of four from the free throw line in the first game of his career against Idaho State...a sensational statistical line against the Bengals included 12 points scored in 38 minutes to go along with nine assists, zero turnovers, two steals and a perfect four of four performance from the free throw line...he also pulled down his season high of four defensive rebounds against the Bengals...also played well in the Hawkeyes' win over Florida Gulf Coast with 19 points, a career-high seven rebounds, two made 3-point field goals, three assists, three steals and one blocked shot...made his career high of seven field goals in back to back wins over Northern Colorado and Florida Gulf Coast in the second and third games of his career...also added the first blocked shot of his career in the Hawkeyes' win over Florida Gulf Coast...first of two ACC-Big Ten Challenge games came against Wake Forest and resulted in 56-47 loss for the Razorbacks...totaled five points and seven assists in his first of two career games against a team from the ACC...also played against Boston College in the 2009 ACC-Big Ten Challenge...highest scoring Big Ten game of his freshman season came with a near career high tying 19 points in Iowa's 64-49 win over Penn State in State College on Jan. 26, 2008...was perfect from both the field (four of four), the 3-point line (two of two) and the free throw line (nine of nine) against the Nittany Lions...at least one assist in 27 of 30 games as a freshman with his career high of nine assists coming against Idaho State and at Michigan...earned multiple assists in 23 of 30 games with at least seven assists coming three times, at least five assists coming six times and at least four assists coming nine times...was perfect handling the basketball with nine assists and zero turnovers in his first career game against Idaho State...at least one steal in 16 of 30 games with multiple steals coming against four different opponents...
AT DEMATHA: Graduated from DeMatha Catholic High School in Hyattsville, Md. in 2007...earned All-Conference First Team and All-Metro Honorable Mention honors from the Washington Post as a senior...was the team captain and named the Stags' Most Valuable Player as a senior...averaged 13.9 points, 7.7 assists, 3.4 rebounds and 1.8 steals in leading DeMatha to a 33-6 record and a third consecutive championship...shot .430 percent from the 3-point line and .790 percent from the line as a senior...DeMatha was ranked as high as second nationally and finished his senior season ranked 16th in the nation...averaged 10.1 points and led the Stags' to a 34-1 overall record and a No. 3 national ranking during his junior season...was the team's sixth man as a sophomore in averaging 7.0 points and 3.0 assists in leading DeMatha to a 29-2 record and a national ranking of No. 9 during his sophomore season...graduated with a 3.98 grade point average and in the top five percent of his class academically in 2007...
PERSONAL: Born Jan. 27, 1989...Jeff is the son of Chiquita Hendrick and John Peterson...working towards a master's degree in marketing at Florida State's renowned business school...with a 4.0 grade point average following his junior year of high school he originally accepted an academic scholarship to Princeton... selected Iowa over Xavier, St. Louis and many others when he was originally recruited out of high school...originally recruited by current New Mexico coach and former Indiana star Steve Alford but played for Todd Lickliter at Iowa...was team captain as both a junior and senior at DeMatha and was a candidate for the DeMatha's U.S. Army Reserve Student Athlete of the Year Award as a senior...